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V THE ARIZONA. HEP ICAN AN liMDEPElMDEfdT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL TW I :XT Y-FIFTI I YEA R s pag r:s PHOENIX, ARIZONA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1915 8 PAGES VOL. XX V. NO. 339 JBJL 4 , EXTRA SESSION TO BE CALLED SAfS GOVERNOR First Definite Statement from Executive Chamber That Opportunity Would lie Given for Land LegislationP.ELIEYED TO PE GOOD POLITICS It Was Trued Upon Governor That Party Was Expected to Carrv Out j Pledges of the State PlatformThat there will lie another extraor-inary session of the legislatureclose-1- or immediately following the adjournment of the present one was !ef initfly announced yesterday by Governor Hunt, for the purpose of taking up land legislation. The 1-romise of the governor was secured l.y Chairman Duffy of the statedem-"H-ratic committee, who represented to the governor that the democratic tate platform had pledged the party to land legislation, to the adoption or a policy with respect to the public Leads. It had probably been the intention a session for .f the governor to call ; thai purpose, and at any rate it was Kent-rally believed that he would do o. The matter was taken up yester-.l;iv l.v Judce Duff v. A. W. 'oker of I'inal county and Walter Bra wner, former chairman of the democratic roiinty committee. However great their interest might have been in the; It ssees .if the school lands, they had) n deep interest in the democratic , iKtrtv. which they believed would suf- , for if the legislature should finallv i adjourn without carrying out the ' pledge of the platform. What relief t mitst come to the lessees under the government irrigation projects must lv afforded before next October. ! The statement of the governor was made known yesterday afternoon to n meeting of the lessees and soon after that a rumor was set afloat that an agreement had been reached It-tween the governor and the members of the legislature, who are sup-H.spi t, be opposed to the administration. According to this rumored agreement, the senate was to pass the appropriation bill with the greatest possible expedition and then adjourn. The appropriation bill was not to contain any provision for the landisn effort may be made to show that ommission. which should be taken ; the state's witnesses who testified are of in th land bill to be passed ; they saw Lawson at the cut were at. the ens :ing extra session. I themselves not in the vicinitv until But it was learned that there had the shooting took place. i n-en no cousuiihchiu vmi oieumem: of the sen. tie, at any rate not r-en -.ie, m .in- i..ie "i any members who are recognized as anti-a.imimsiration senators. .mosi.;i1u, thHl :l, m furnished the .f them had heard of an agreement w(.ro .Stained n!v for tnp of some sort, but none of them ha.ljf tI,.fn(ljng tll(. trnt coionv lioi-n advised. l ne senators, even ine senators, even the so-called anti-administration senators, are divided as to an extra ses-on. Some of them are desirous of holding one. for not only the enactment of land legislation, but also for the enactment of considerable other legislation that failed in the regular session. thers want no legislation at ail. They desire only to pass an appropriation bill and leave everything else to the third legislature. There was no business in either house yesterday. Both were convened :it 10 o'clock in the morning and both nlmost immediately adjourned until ton this morning. In each house an initation had been received from the )--ard of trade of Temie to take j luncheon with the board and the pu- j pils of the Normal school. The invi- j tat ion was accepted by the house promptly, since the state was not to lie involved in any expense, as the lxwird of trade had proffered automo-l.iles. The senate did not accept the invitation as a body, but nearly all of the members accepted it individually. The house appropriations committee, except for the luncheon hour, kept at -work all day in order that it might liave the general appropriation bill, or at least a part of it. ready for presentation to the house. There was a meeting of tile senate committee on appropriations for a general discussion of the sole subject of legislation. WEATHER TODAY associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, I). P.. April 2S. F Arizona: Local thunder showers. Accepts German To Pay Owners Of The Frye associated phess dispatch WASHINGTON, Apiil 2. A second note from the United States to Germany concerning the sinking of the American ship William P. Frve by th-I'rinz Kitel Friederich was dispatched to Berlin. It is understood to accept the German proMsitioo. to i-onipeusnt? the owners of the Five, under the terms of Hie old Prussian-American treaties, regardless of any pri:-.c court decision. These treaties provide thatcontra-l-.ind tit-longing to subjects of either FIELD MARSHAL FRENCH SAYS GERMAN ATTACK DEFINITEL Y S TOPPED SAYS ALLIES' RIGHT WING IS BEATEN BERLIN'. April 2S A wireless from Constantinople says: "At the celebration of the sultan's jubilee yesterday, the minister of war announced the receipt of a telegram from the commander of the Fifth army corps (Gallipoli peninsula) stating the center and right winer of. the enemy was completely defeated and there is hope that the left wing is also beaten. RESTS IN THE LAWSON CASE e Concludes Its Evi-the Labor deuce Against Leader Chai With tilt' Murder of John PROSECUTION ..... tirst NnnmoLuie: Near Ludlow in October associated press dispatch TRIM DAY. April 2S. The prosecution rested its case against John R. Lawsoti. labor leader, charged with the murder of John Nimmo, near Ludlow October. 1913. The defense will begin tomorrow. -Nimmo was hineu in a battle be tween strikers and deputy sheriffs. The state opened its case on Saturday. It's testimony was along lines intended to prove: First, that Nimmo was killed in a battle near the Ludlow tent colony; second, that the fight was started by strikers who fired upon deputies who had gone tc ward the Ludlow station to meet a train: third, that Ximmo was shot from a railroad cut used as rampart by the strikers: fourth, that John lawson was at the, railroad cut approximately at the time that Nimmo fell. Questions asked by the defense attorneys on cross-examination were taken to indicate that they will endeavor to throw doubt upon the credibi.'.ty of the testimony connec-ing Lawson with the party of strik-i ers said to have been at the railroad cut. It was indicated that cither questions pointed tn a nroDa Die attemut to nrove that law s,,n himseif was opposed to violence strikers purpose against ,..1f.w A large number of witnesses were subpoenaed for the defense. Attorneys for Lawson were unable late today, to make an estimate as to the length of time that would be required for taking testimony. It was considered probable that I.awson himself would take the stand. NICKEL BUS FRANCHISES associated press dispatch SACRAMENTO. April 2R The bill requiring operators of nickel busses to procure a city franchise passed the assembly tonight, after a sharp fight and two roll calls. HERALDS OF LIBERTY SPRING MANDAMUSWBTONCOMM 0 Affairs of the fight of the Heralds i An entirely new application for-li-of Liberty to secure re-admittance ct nse to do business in the state was to Arizona took on a new turn yes-'filed with the commission bv the terday, when an alternative writ of mandamus issued by the superior court of Maricopa county was served on the corporation commission. The writ, issued by order of Judge Stanford, commands the commission to at once issue a permit and license to the organization to do business 'n the state, or to appear on May 30 and snow cause why such action has not been taken. Promise party will not be Confiscated by the other !n any case, but may be detained or used only :n consideration of payment of fuil value. While willing to agree to the payment of the Five, as proposed, it is ujiderstood the I'nited States stat-ds by its original protest against the destruction of the ship as a violation of international law, and again deities that the cargo of wheat consigned to a British port was contraband. No claim for the cargo kss made because it was sold en route to British dealers. Operations of British Forces in Conjunction With the French Troops Drintrs a Conclusion to Attempt to Break Allies' Lines HAVE YET TO AY IX BACK .MUCH GROUND Sensational Report That SO00 Allies Were Driven to Sea on Gallipoli Peninsula is Laekiug of Confirmationassociated puess dispatch I.O.V1HIX, April 2S. "Our opera-lions in conjunction with the French have definitely stopped the German attack." In these words Field Marshal Sir J ihn French, commander in chif of the British forces in the continent, announces the conclusion of another German attempt to break through the allied lines around Ypn's and along the Yser canal, which brought about one of the most sanguinary battles of the war. This. ! however, only brings an end to' the tirst phase of the battles, tor the have yet to win back the ground they lost in tile great Gcr-man sweep. For this purpose they are now delivering counter attacks against the German line. Only in cue place. Steenst raate. have the Germans managed to keep a footing on the western bank ot the canal, while to the north of Ypres the positions remain much as they were. A !-nsational report that 8. OHO allies troops were driven to the sea on the Gallipoli peninsula, that 12,-000 were captured comes from Berlin, but has no confirmation from ether sources. It is expected the operations against the Dardanelles will proceed slowly as the Turks aiv strongly entrenched and their wire entanglements and trenches will have to be shelled heavily before the troops can make any serious attempt to advance. Tiie French lost the cruiser I(.n Gambctt.t, which w;ui torpedoed by the Austrian submarine l-."i. while leaving the Adriatic sea for Malta. Only a small part of the crew was saved and all the officers including the admiral were drowned. To hold the lines around Ypres, the Germans have brought up further reinforcements and Belgium, behind them has been denuded of troops. Towns and villages in Belgium are being guarded by only a handfu'i of sentries. Fighting also continues in Champagne where Germans make claim to the capture of a strong French position, in Ar-gonne and Woevre, where the 1'reni h say they are progressing, and in Vosges where both sides claim to be in possession of I lartmarins-Weilerkopf. It is probable this mountain which commands the plains of Alsace has changed hancs several times and this would accour t for contradictory reports. Russians and Austro-Germans are heavily engaged in the regain of the Uzsok pass in the Carpathians, and in the direction of Stry where an attempt is being male to strike at the Russian communications. Berlin correspondents give the Austrian redit for the capture of a number of important heig'.ns near the Uzsok pass and also assert they have driven the Russians completely out of Bukowina. But this is not backed (Continued on Page Three) S! Heralds of Liberty on April 22, and it is on this a-tw petition that application for the writ was based. In j asking for the writ of mandamus, the company alleges that the commis- sion's lailure to grant it permission. depriveb titch and every member tnereof of benefits of increased membership, which, except for the refusal of Commission transaction business in the Arizona Corporation would result from the and carrying on of its at-the out the the this state." , xeiiuiliK leftitl iiuvice 1IOIII us i torney, no action will be taken by Pending commission, but it was pointed yesterday that according to ground taken by counsel for Heralds of Liberty, the commission would have practically no discretionary powfrs, but would be compelled to issue permits to any and all organizations making application. As the application on which the writ iis based was made only one week ago. and would not come before the commission in the ordinary course of , business for some time, some doubt ifl rAj'irnnni III Wlieiliei me SUlie body could be compelled to advance the case on the calendar. The Heralds of Liberty, which the application states is a foreign fraternal beneficiary society, incorporated. OALLES-GELtLO U! Completed After Ten Years' AVork and Expenditure of .),()()( ),000, Opens Columbia Iiiver to Steamer Traffic from the .Pacific OVERCOMES DKOP OF EIGHTY FEET Series of Celebrations in Honor of the Formal Opening of Waterway is Planned for the Entire AVeek of Mav 3 to 8 associated puess dispatch K1G KDUV, Ore.. April 2M. The Oalles-( 'clilo canal was opened heiv today to navigation. It was completed after ten years work and an expenditure of nearly J5.0n0.0im by the federal government. It opens the Columbia rivet to steamer traffic from the Pacific ocean to Priest Rapids, Washington, a distance of 450 miles and to Lewiston. Idaho, on the Snake river, tributary to the Columbia a distance of 4 T: milts. The canal is eight and one half miles long, sixty feet wide, and eight feet dee) at low water. The fivu locks are 45 feet wide, are .".00 feet long. They overcome a drop of VI feet in the Columbia river. A series of celebrations in honor if tile formal opening of the canal is planned for the entire week of May ."i-S, In which local committees in every important river city of the Columbia basin are co-operating with a general committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Thes- celebrations will fittingly mark the opening to free navigation of the great Columbia river and its principal tributary, the Snake, from Lewiston. Idaho, to the Pacific ocean a distaii'.-e of five "Hundred miles. Farmers, business men, transportation men. chambers of commerce, commercial clubs, good loads enthusiasts, irrigationists, governors, congressmen, engineers and highgov--rnment officials of the I'nited States and Canada will rejoice in practically every river town from the Canadian boundary and Iewlston, Idaho, to Astoria Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia. The official ceremonies of dedication are to tie started in the canal basin at Big Kddy. Oregon, "e'ines-day. May .Mb, at ? p. m.. in wld.-li prominent people from all over the Pacific Northwest and the entire na-tinii will participate. Following the official ceremonies a celebration with distinctive features will take plac at The Dalles. Oregon, the afternoon and evening of May r. The I.)al!es-Cc lllo canal is on the Oregon side of the Colunbia and parallels the river for eight and one-half miles. It takes the place of the old Oregon State Portage Railway. Work of construction was begun in 19"S anil has proceeded continuously to the present with the exception of interruptions in ;il2 and 1914. ilue to failure of congress to make the necessary appropriations. The total cost of construction will be nproximately $4.s."i0,000, including $110.0011 expended for the improve- (Continued on Page Three) Many Arrests At Nogales For New Law Violations associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, April 2S. The state department's summary today said numerous arrests have been reported from Nogales. for violation of the new law requiring all persons entering the state of Sonora, obtaining Mexican currency by exchange to have such money examined at the custom house. The Carran.a agency here claimed great successes in the western part of Mexico. The following statement was given out: "General Obregon reports the Car-ranza occupation of Morelia by General Ammo. The entire state of Miehaoean is completely controlled by Constitutionalist forces. General It-urbe controls entirely the territory of Tepic, after having completely defeated Rafael Bnlna. who commands the reactionary forces. The Occidental division, commanded by General Diegnez and a cavalry division commanded by General Murguiz have joined Obregon's army corps at Ira-puato. Official reports have been received here to the effect that Colombia Lanipaszon, Nuevo Leon, Can-dela and Coahuila have been recaptured by the Constitutionalist troops" under the laws of Alabama, tvss granted a permit last year, but after an extensive investigation held la.s'v January by the commission, its , license to do business in Arizona was revoked on the ground that it had not complied with the state law:j governing insurance companies. 10M TO PIMUI MENACE TO WORLD IS PLAGUE-BITTEN SERB REALM SAYS REPORT Pocket'eller Foundation Wan Relief Commission Offi-j cially Describes Appalling! ondition in the Desolate Land TYPHI'S NOW AND CHOLERA COMING I Neither People Nor Rulers i Can.Helj) Attention is-Turned to War While j- Thousands Perish, Starving and Diseased associvted press dispatch NKW YORK. April 28. The Rockefeller foundation war relief commission made public tonight a report on the destitution and disease in Servia, in which it was stated that tin March 10 probably from 25.000 to oO.Oiin persons were suffering with typhus in Serbia and that this and other epidemics were "swiftly enveloping the entire nation." Cholera at that time was expected with the arrival of warm weather and no prepara tions had been made to combat it, the report said. Probably three hundred thousand are destitute. The situation is described as not only "a menace to the health of the Serbian people, but. to the whole world." The report was transmitted from Berlin. It is said neither the Serbian government, absorbed in war. nor the people themselves are able to control the situation. First describing the general conditions in Serbia, the report states the country has now, as n result of three successive wars, reached "a state of exhaustion in which it has practically nothing to give away to its own unfortunates." The Serbian peasant in normal times is isolated and self-sustaining. The country is economically and socially ur.evolved and unorganized. The one railroad through the country is mainly occupied for military purposes and other roads are out of repair and almost impassable. The richest quarter of the country has been invaded and laid waste Other than Bulgaria, "which harbors no love for Servia." the country's only connection with the outer world is to the Greek port of Salonika. These and other circumstances are cited as difficulties in the way of relief. The Serbian government, the report says, attributes the inception of typhus to Austrian prisoners, who were quartered to the number of fiO.OOO throughout the country. Every com- ruinity on is infected the main lines of travel with the disease. As an of its ravages and of the "illustrat ion prevalence of destitution, the report describes the situation at Nish. the temporary capital, whose normal population has been increased from 2:1,000 to S0.0OO, due chiefly to the influx of refugees. "About 2 refugees occupied a school building adjoining and in the enclosed ground of a large church at Xish." the report says. "Kleven small school rooms were used with the number of occupants to each running from K to 25. There were no beds. "Some of the refugees had filthy stacks of straw, others had only thin blankets of ragged quilts. Some lay on the bare floor. The building was tinder the charge of a janitor and his wife. She was an ignorant peasant, who saw no disgrace or menace in the awful filth of the building and surrounding yard. "Not the slightest attempt to clean the place, inside or out, was made. (Continued on Page ThreeV Lin CHILD BERING DURING VISIT TO "TEMPTATION ROOM ASSOCIATED TP.F.S3 DISPATCH 1 LOS ANOKI.ES. April 2tf. A child who knew it was "naughty to lie" and two women were today's state's witnesses in the trial of Mrs. Lillie. Pratt and Charles Sebastian, accused of having contributed to the dependency of Kdith Serkin, aged 17, half sister and ward of Mrs. Pratt. Airs. Martha Oll-vera and Mrs. Emma Carroll, sisters of Mrs. Pratt, were the women who testified concerning the alleged actions of the defendants and the nine-year-old daughter of Mrs. oiivera testified she had been left alone in the waiting room of a downtown hotel on Christmas Eve by Mrs. Pratt. The defense objected when she was placed on the stand, but she was allowed to testify after spelling the words strong and truth and telling the court she knew what the latter meant. She said her name was Annie, but everybody called her "Tootsie." The child's statements tended to corroborate the. testimony of Edith Serkin that the child had been left in the hotel while Mrs. Pratt went with Kdith to meet Sebastian in the "Temptation room." Mrs. Oiivera was the first witness. She declared that when she learned that Mrs. Tratt was taking Edith Serkin to meet Sebastian, she would have gone to the juvenile court authorities had not Mrs. Pratt told her the chief BENSON APPOINTED TO NEW POST WASHINGTON, April . 28. Secretary Daniels announces the appointment of Captain William Benson to the newly created post of chief of operations of the navy-Benson is now in command of the Philadelphia navy yard. Benson was given a recess appointment by the president subject to the confirmation of the senate at the next session of congress. ZAPATA FORCES ACTIVE AGAINST Carrana Commander is Threatened With Being Isolated bv Villa Army from Base of Supplies at Vera Cruz associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, April 2S Activity-on the part of Zapata forces operating behind the army of Obregon, the Car-runza commander, threatening to isolate him from the base at Vera Cruz, attracted the most attention here in the Mexican situation. Villa has received thousands of rounds of ammunition and has concentrated what his agents here estimate as an army of nearly :;.ri.oon to attack Obregon, and a battle is being expected within a week. Advices to the Villa agency said that 10.000 Zapata troops are advancing to Queretaro. behind Obregon. and that twelve of ibregon's troop trains were derailed by the use of dynamite. While some official reports to the state department said the Zapatistas have been successful in cutting Obregon's communications with Vera Cruz, the extent of the break or of the ability of the Carranza commander to restore the lines was not indicated. The Zapata forces, numbering several thousand, have cut the railway between Celaya. (ibregon's headquarters, and Vera Cruz. An early report to the state department said tljat Duval West. Ihe president's personal representative, and a number of Americans traveling from Mexico City to Vera Cruz, have been delayed en route. Later advices tonight said the train was allowed to proceed, but it is not clear whether this meant the repair of the road or the recognition by the Zapatistas of a special arrangement made for the passage of the train. The Villa agency, claims the Carranza forces have been driven from Guadalajara, while General Chao is said to have reported the capture of Chica near Kbano. where fighting has been continuous for weeks in the Villa movement upon Tampieo. The Carranza transport Oaxaca is said to have been captured in the river near Kbano. Ranchers Armed for Protection DOl'GLAS. April 2S. Travelers arrived from Southern Sonora reported that Maytorena is powerless to cope with the uprising of the Yaqui Indi-(Continued on Page Three) of police would have sent her to the penitentiary for ten years. Next came Mrs. Carroll, who hurst into tears and collapsed as soon as she reached the stand. Afterward she repeated the incident of the rings and bad luck of the black cat told of yesterday by Cecil Lewis. Mrs. Pratt's former chauffeur. Mrs. Carroll said she first met Sebastian when she was arrested with another girl. She said Mrs. Pratt saw Chief Sebastian and later she was released, but the other girl was fined 0. OBREGON S REAR! Parish Case Reaches The Supreme Court On Appeal The appeal of W. A. Farish, former city manager from the decision"" thf superior court, of Maricopa county on a writ of certiorari was filed yesterday in supreme court. Application for a review of the proceedings of the commission prior to the removal of Mr. Farish was .filed with the lower court immediately after that action was taken in March. After the court had dented a motion to quash the writ. Judge Stanford ruled that the commission was acting entirely within AIMED TO HOLD THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TOGETHER Colonel Roosevelt on Seventh Hav's Examination Tells Why He Conferred With Senator Piatt on Many Occasions MAY CONCLUDE HIS TESTIMONY TODAY At Close of Long Examination Former President is Full of Vim and Spirit and Tells the Jury Many Things ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH SYRACUSE. April 28. Theodore Roosevelt, on his seventh clay on the witness stand, amplified the answers he made to questions asked on cross-examination by counsel for William Barnes, plaintiff in the suit for libel against the former president. He told why he conferred with Senator Piatt, while governor, vice president and President, and related how he threatened Piatt just prior to the Philadelphia convention in 1900 that he would fight for the New York gubernatorial re-nomination if the "easy boss" made good his threat to keep him out of the race as a punishment for not accepting the nomination for vice president. The cotunel told these things and many othTs on redirect examination. The minute his cross-examination was ended the colonel sat up alertly in his chair. The solemn expression that enshrouded his features during the last two days of crcMs-examination gave way to a jelly smile. He leaned toward the jury: he squared his jaw; raised his voice, lifted his open hands and brought them down upon his thighs. He pounded with his clenched fist upon his open palm. He used every gesture and every movement at his command to make his words forceful. As he stepped from the witness stand at the end of the day he laughingly said: "I am not tired." Speaking of Piatt, the former president of the I'nited States said he conferred with him on matters legislative, administrative and political because he considered the senator's wide experience valuable and because he realized that the organization controlled in the legislature and that the senator controlled the organization. "I did not want to disrupt the republican party," said the colonel, "as long as 1 did no wrong act in preventing it. Then, too, I wanted to get affirmative action in Albany. I could prevent wrong being done if I broke with them, but I could not get affirmative right done. When there was doubt in my mind I conferred with the senator as the head of the organization while at the same time, primarily, doing what the interest of the state demanded. I found when there was apt to be an issue between me and the state senate it was advisable to t;o where the power lay and not to talk to men who merely carried out the bidding of platt. I consulted Piatt on all important matters that came up." The colonel was asked many question about correspondence which passed between him and Platt. which was read during the cross-examination. He tried to explain to the jury statements made in the correspondence about the franchise tax: about Barren Island: about appointments: about Architect Trowbridge, and the chance he wanted to bid upon government work: about breakfast meetings -with the senator and about disagreement over the renomination of Governor Hughes. He corrected testimony about the campaign fund of 1914: and he claimed as his own campaign speeches in which he said things about Barnes. Tomorrow may be his last day on the stand. His own counsel said tonight they would conclude the redirect examination of their client early in the forenoon session. The ronsensus of opinion among the attorneys seemed to be that the additionalcrews-examination by counsel for Barnes will be brief. At the conclusion of the proceedings Colonel Roosevelt had been in the witness chair for a total of nearly 3R hours. JANE ADDAMS HONORED HAGUE. April 2S. The International Congress of Women unanimously elected Jane Actdams of the American delegation as chairman. Peace resolutions and motions were discussed and adopted. A general resolution adopted declared the women were united in spite of the hatred and bloodshed now filling the world. its powers in removing the manager. Appeal was taken from the court's decision on practically the name ground as from the commission's action, namely that the commission had no right tc remove the manager "for cause'" until "cause" had been defined by the; commission, and that the commission's proceedings were not judicial. Until the calling of the supreme court calendar on May 10, it will not. be known when the case will come before the higher tribunal. r

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V THE ARIZONA. HEP ICAN AN liMDEPElMDEfdT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL TW I :XT Y-FIFTI I YEA R s pag r:s PHOENIX, ARIZONA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1915 8 PAGES VOL. XX V. NO. 339 JBJL 4 , EXTRA SESSION TO BE CALLED SAfS GOVERNOR First Definite Statement from Executive Chamber That Opportunity Would lie Given for Land LegislationP.ELIEYED TO PE GOOD POLITICS It Was Trued Upon Governor That Party Was Expected to Carrv Out j Pledges of the State PlatformThat there will lie another extraor-inary session of the legislatureclose-1- or immediately following the adjournment of the present one was !ef initfly announced yesterday by Governor Hunt, for the purpose of taking up land legislation. The 1-romise of the governor was secured l.y Chairman Duffy of the statedem-"H-ratic committee, who represented to the governor that the democratic tate platform had pledged the party to land legislation, to the adoption or a policy with respect to the public Leads. It had probably been the intention a session for .f the governor to call ; thai purpose, and at any rate it was Kent-rally believed that he would do o. The matter was taken up yester-.l;iv l.v Judce Duff v. A. W. 'oker of I'inal county and Walter Bra wner, former chairman of the democratic roiinty committee. However great their interest might have been in the; It ssees .if the school lands, they had) n deep interest in the democratic , iKtrtv. which they believed would suf- , for if the legislature should finallv i adjourn without carrying out the ' pledge of the platform. What relief t mitst come to the lessees under the government irrigation projects must lv afforded before next October. ! The statement of the governor was made known yesterday afternoon to n meeting of the lessees and soon after that a rumor was set afloat that an agreement had been reached It-tween the governor and the members of the legislature, who are sup-H.spi t, be opposed to the administration. According to this rumored agreement, the senate was to pass the appropriation bill with the greatest possible expedition and then adjourn. The appropriation bill was not to contain any provision for the landisn effort may be made to show that ommission. which should be taken ; the state's witnesses who testified are of in th land bill to be passed ; they saw Lawson at the cut were at. the ens :ing extra session. I themselves not in the vicinitv until But it was learned that there had the shooting took place. i n-en no cousuiihchiu vmi oieumem: of the sen. tie, at any rate not r-en -.ie, m .in- i..ie "i any members who are recognized as anti-a.imimsiration senators. .mosi.;i1u, thHl :l, m furnished the .f them had heard of an agreement w(.ro .Stained n!v for tnp of some sort, but none of them ha.ljf tI,.fn(ljng tll(. trnt coionv lioi-n advised. l ne senators, even ine senators, even the so-called anti-administration senators, are divided as to an extra ses-on. Some of them are desirous of holding one. for not only the enactment of land legislation, but also for the enactment of considerable other legislation that failed in the regular session. thers want no legislation at ail. They desire only to pass an appropriation bill and leave everything else to the third legislature. There was no business in either house yesterday. Both were convened :it 10 o'clock in the morning and both nlmost immediately adjourned until ton this morning. In each house an initation had been received from the )--ard of trade of Temie to take j luncheon with the board and the pu- j pils of the Normal school. The invi- j tat ion was accepted by the house promptly, since the state was not to lie involved in any expense, as the lxwird of trade had proffered automo-l.iles. The senate did not accept the invitation as a body, but nearly all of the members accepted it individually. The house appropriations committee, except for the luncheon hour, kept at -work all day in order that it might liave the general appropriation bill, or at least a part of it. ready for presentation to the house. There was a meeting of tile senate committee on appropriations for a general discussion of the sole subject of legislation. WEATHER TODAY associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, I). P.. April 2S. F Arizona: Local thunder showers. Accepts German To Pay Owners Of The Frye associated phess dispatch WASHINGTON, Apiil 2. A second note from the United States to Germany concerning the sinking of the American ship William P. Frve by th-I'rinz Kitel Friederich was dispatched to Berlin. It is understood to accept the German proMsitioo. to i-onipeusnt? the owners of the Five, under the terms of Hie old Prussian-American treaties, regardless of any pri:-.c court decision. These treaties provide thatcontra-l-.ind tit-longing to subjects of either FIELD MARSHAL FRENCH SAYS GERMAN ATTACK DEFINITEL Y S TOPPED SAYS ALLIES' RIGHT WING IS BEATEN BERLIN'. April 2S A wireless from Constantinople says: "At the celebration of the sultan's jubilee yesterday, the minister of war announced the receipt of a telegram from the commander of the Fifth army corps (Gallipoli peninsula) stating the center and right winer of. the enemy was completely defeated and there is hope that the left wing is also beaten. RESTS IN THE LAWSON CASE e Concludes Its Evi-the Labor deuce Against Leader Chai With tilt' Murder of John PROSECUTION ..... tirst NnnmoLuie: Near Ludlow in October associated press dispatch TRIM DAY. April 2S. The prosecution rested its case against John R. Lawsoti. labor leader, charged with the murder of John Nimmo, near Ludlow October. 1913. The defense will begin tomorrow. -Nimmo was hineu in a battle be tween strikers and deputy sheriffs. The state opened its case on Saturday. It's testimony was along lines intended to prove: First, that Nimmo was killed in a battle near the Ludlow tent colony; second, that the fight was started by strikers who fired upon deputies who had gone tc ward the Ludlow station to meet a train: third, that Ximmo was shot from a railroad cut used as rampart by the strikers: fourth, that John lawson was at the, railroad cut approximately at the time that Nimmo fell. Questions asked by the defense attorneys on cross-examination were taken to indicate that they will endeavor to throw doubt upon the credibi.'.ty of the testimony connec-ing Lawson with the party of strik-i ers said to have been at the railroad cut. It was indicated that cither questions pointed tn a nroDa Die attemut to nrove that law s,,n himseif was opposed to violence strikers purpose against ,..1f.w A large number of witnesses were subpoenaed for the defense. Attorneys for Lawson were unable late today, to make an estimate as to the length of time that would be required for taking testimony. It was considered probable that I.awson himself would take the stand. NICKEL BUS FRANCHISES associated press dispatch SACRAMENTO. April 2R The bill requiring operators of nickel busses to procure a city franchise passed the assembly tonight, after a sharp fight and two roll calls. HERALDS OF LIBERTY SPRING MANDAMUSWBTONCOMM 0 Affairs of the fight of the Heralds i An entirely new application for-li-of Liberty to secure re-admittance ct nse to do business in the state was to Arizona took on a new turn yes-'filed with the commission bv the terday, when an alternative writ of mandamus issued by the superior court of Maricopa county was served on the corporation commission. The writ, issued by order of Judge Stanford, commands the commission to at once issue a permit and license to the organization to do business 'n the state, or to appear on May 30 and snow cause why such action has not been taken. Promise party will not be Confiscated by the other !n any case, but may be detained or used only :n consideration of payment of fuil value. While willing to agree to the payment of the Five, as proposed, it is ujiderstood the I'nited States stat-ds by its original protest against the destruction of the ship as a violation of international law, and again deities that the cargo of wheat consigned to a British port was contraband. No claim for the cargo kss made because it was sold en route to British dealers. Operations of British Forces in Conjunction With the French Troops Drintrs a Conclusion to Attempt to Break Allies' Lines HAVE YET TO AY IX BACK .MUCH GROUND Sensational Report That SO00 Allies Were Driven to Sea on Gallipoli Peninsula is Laekiug of Confirmationassociated puess dispatch I.O.V1HIX, April 2S. "Our opera-lions in conjunction with the French have definitely stopped the German attack." In these words Field Marshal Sir J ihn French, commander in chif of the British forces in the continent, announces the conclusion of another German attempt to break through the allied lines around Ypn's and along the Yser canal, which brought about one of the most sanguinary battles of the war. This. ! however, only brings an end to' the tirst phase of the battles, tor the have yet to win back the ground they lost in tile great Gcr-man sweep. For this purpose they are now delivering counter attacks against the German line. Only in cue place. Steenst raate. have the Germans managed to keep a footing on the western bank ot the canal, while to the north of Ypres the positions remain much as they were. A !-nsational report that 8. OHO allies troops were driven to the sea on the Gallipoli peninsula, that 12,-000 were captured comes from Berlin, but has no confirmation from ether sources. It is expected the operations against the Dardanelles will proceed slowly as the Turks aiv strongly entrenched and their wire entanglements and trenches will have to be shelled heavily before the troops can make any serious attempt to advance. Tiie French lost the cruiser I(.n Gambctt.t, which w;ui torpedoed by the Austrian submarine l-."i. while leaving the Adriatic sea for Malta. Only a small part of the crew was saved and all the officers including the admiral were drowned. To hold the lines around Ypres, the Germans have brought up further reinforcements and Belgium, behind them has been denuded of troops. Towns and villages in Belgium are being guarded by only a handfu'i of sentries. Fighting also continues in Champagne where Germans make claim to the capture of a strong French position, in Ar-gonne and Woevre, where the 1'reni h say they are progressing, and in Vosges where both sides claim to be in possession of I lartmarins-Weilerkopf. It is probable this mountain which commands the plains of Alsace has changed hancs several times and this would accour t for contradictory reports. Russians and Austro-Germans are heavily engaged in the regain of the Uzsok pass in the Carpathians, and in the direction of Stry where an attempt is being male to strike at the Russian communications. Berlin correspondents give the Austrian redit for the capture of a number of important heig'.ns near the Uzsok pass and also assert they have driven the Russians completely out of Bukowina. But this is not backed (Continued on Page Three) S! Heralds of Liberty on April 22, and it is on this a-tw petition that application for the writ was based. In j asking for the writ of mandamus, the company alleges that the commis- sion's lailure to grant it permission. depriveb titch and every member tnereof of benefits of increased membership, which, except for the refusal of Commission transaction business in the Arizona Corporation would result from the and carrying on of its at-the out the the this state." , xeiiuiliK leftitl iiuvice 1IOIII us i torney, no action will be taken by Pending commission, but it was pointed yesterday that according to ground taken by counsel for Heralds of Liberty, the commission would have practically no discretionary powfrs, but would be compelled to issue permits to any and all organizations making application. As the application on which the writ iis based was made only one week ago. and would not come before the commission in the ordinary course of , business for some time, some doubt ifl rAj'irnnni III Wlieiliei me SUlie body could be compelled to advance the case on the calendar. The Heralds of Liberty, which the application states is a foreign fraternal beneficiary society, incorporated. OALLES-GELtLO U! Completed After Ten Years' AVork and Expenditure of .),()()( ),000, Opens Columbia Iiiver to Steamer Traffic from the .Pacific OVERCOMES DKOP OF EIGHTY FEET Series of Celebrations in Honor of the Formal Opening of Waterway is Planned for the Entire AVeek of Mav 3 to 8 associated puess dispatch K1G KDUV, Ore.. April 2M. The Oalles-( 'clilo canal was opened heiv today to navigation. It was completed after ten years work and an expenditure of nearly J5.0n0.0im by the federal government. It opens the Columbia rivet to steamer traffic from the Pacific ocean to Priest Rapids, Washington, a distance of 450 miles and to Lewiston. Idaho, on the Snake river, tributary to the Columbia a distance of 4 T: milts. The canal is eight and one half miles long, sixty feet wide, and eight feet dee) at low water. The fivu locks are 45 feet wide, are .".00 feet long. They overcome a drop of VI feet in the Columbia river. A series of celebrations in honor if tile formal opening of the canal is planned for the entire week of May ."i-S, In which local committees in every important river city of the Columbia basin are co-operating with a general committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Thes- celebrations will fittingly mark the opening to free navigation of the great Columbia river and its principal tributary, the Snake, from Lewiston. Idaho, to the Pacific ocean a distaii'.-e of five "Hundred miles. Farmers, business men, transportation men. chambers of commerce, commercial clubs, good loads enthusiasts, irrigationists, governors, congressmen, engineers and highgov--rnment officials of the I'nited States and Canada will rejoice in practically every river town from the Canadian boundary and Iewlston, Idaho, to Astoria Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia. The official ceremonies of dedication are to tie started in the canal basin at Big Kddy. Oregon, "e'ines-day. May .Mb, at ? p. m.. in wld.-li prominent people from all over the Pacific Northwest and the entire na-tinii will participate. Following the official ceremonies a celebration with distinctive features will take plac at The Dalles. Oregon, the afternoon and evening of May r. The I.)al!es-Cc lllo canal is on the Oregon side of the Colunbia and parallels the river for eight and one-half miles. It takes the place of the old Oregon State Portage Railway. Work of construction was begun in 19"S anil has proceeded continuously to the present with the exception of interruptions in ;il2 and 1914. ilue to failure of congress to make the necessary appropriations. The total cost of construction will be nproximately $4.s."i0,000, including $110.0011 expended for the improve- (Continued on Page Three) Many Arrests At Nogales For New Law Violations associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, April 2S. The state department's summary today said numerous arrests have been reported from Nogales. for violation of the new law requiring all persons entering the state of Sonora, obtaining Mexican currency by exchange to have such money examined at the custom house. The Carran.a agency here claimed great successes in the western part of Mexico. The following statement was given out: "General Obregon reports the Car-ranza occupation of Morelia by General Ammo. The entire state of Miehaoean is completely controlled by Constitutionalist forces. General It-urbe controls entirely the territory of Tepic, after having completely defeated Rafael Bnlna. who commands the reactionary forces. The Occidental division, commanded by General Diegnez and a cavalry division commanded by General Murguiz have joined Obregon's army corps at Ira-puato. Official reports have been received here to the effect that Colombia Lanipaszon, Nuevo Leon, Can-dela and Coahuila have been recaptured by the Constitutionalist troops" under the laws of Alabama, tvss granted a permit last year, but after an extensive investigation held la.s'v January by the commission, its , license to do business in Arizona was revoked on the ground that it had not complied with the state law:j governing insurance companies. 10M TO PIMUI MENACE TO WORLD IS PLAGUE-BITTEN SERB REALM SAYS REPORT Pocket'eller Foundation Wan Relief Commission Offi-j cially Describes Appalling! ondition in the Desolate Land TYPHI'S NOW AND CHOLERA COMING I Neither People Nor Rulers i Can.Helj) Attention is-Turned to War While j- Thousands Perish, Starving and Diseased associvted press dispatch NKW YORK. April 28. The Rockefeller foundation war relief commission made public tonight a report on the destitution and disease in Servia, in which it was stated that tin March 10 probably from 25.000 to oO.Oiin persons were suffering with typhus in Serbia and that this and other epidemics were "swiftly enveloping the entire nation." Cholera at that time was expected with the arrival of warm weather and no prepara tions had been made to combat it, the report said. Probably three hundred thousand are destitute. The situation is described as not only "a menace to the health of the Serbian people, but. to the whole world." The report was transmitted from Berlin. It is said neither the Serbian government, absorbed in war. nor the people themselves are able to control the situation. First describing the general conditions in Serbia, the report states the country has now, as n result of three successive wars, reached "a state of exhaustion in which it has practically nothing to give away to its own unfortunates." The Serbian peasant in normal times is isolated and self-sustaining. The country is economically and socially ur.evolved and unorganized. The one railroad through the country is mainly occupied for military purposes and other roads are out of repair and almost impassable. The richest quarter of the country has been invaded and laid waste Other than Bulgaria, "which harbors no love for Servia." the country's only connection with the outer world is to the Greek port of Salonika. These and other circumstances are cited as difficulties in the way of relief. The Serbian government, the report says, attributes the inception of typhus to Austrian prisoners, who were quartered to the number of fiO.OOO throughout the country. Every com- ruinity on is infected the main lines of travel with the disease. As an of its ravages and of the "illustrat ion prevalence of destitution, the report describes the situation at Nish. the temporary capital, whose normal population has been increased from 2:1,000 to S0.0OO, due chiefly to the influx of refugees. "About 2 refugees occupied a school building adjoining and in the enclosed ground of a large church at Xish." the report says. "Kleven small school rooms were used with the number of occupants to each running from K to 25. There were no beds. "Some of the refugees had filthy stacks of straw, others had only thin blankets of ragged quilts. Some lay on the bare floor. The building was tinder the charge of a janitor and his wife. She was an ignorant peasant, who saw no disgrace or menace in the awful filth of the building and surrounding yard. "Not the slightest attempt to clean the place, inside or out, was made. (Continued on Page ThreeV Lin CHILD BERING DURING VISIT TO "TEMPTATION ROOM ASSOCIATED TP.F.S3 DISPATCH 1 LOS ANOKI.ES. April 2tf. A child who knew it was "naughty to lie" and two women were today's state's witnesses in the trial of Mrs. Lillie. Pratt and Charles Sebastian, accused of having contributed to the dependency of Kdith Serkin, aged 17, half sister and ward of Mrs. Pratt. Airs. Martha Oll-vera and Mrs. Emma Carroll, sisters of Mrs. Pratt, were the women who testified concerning the alleged actions of the defendants and the nine-year-old daughter of Mrs. oiivera testified she had been left alone in the waiting room of a downtown hotel on Christmas Eve by Mrs. Pratt. The defense objected when she was placed on the stand, but she was allowed to testify after spelling the words strong and truth and telling the court she knew what the latter meant. She said her name was Annie, but everybody called her "Tootsie." The child's statements tended to corroborate the. testimony of Edith Serkin that the child had been left in the hotel while Mrs. Pratt went with Kdith to meet Sebastian in the "Temptation room." Mrs. Oiivera was the first witness. She declared that when she learned that Mrs. Tratt was taking Edith Serkin to meet Sebastian, she would have gone to the juvenile court authorities had not Mrs. Pratt told her the chief BENSON APPOINTED TO NEW POST WASHINGTON, April . 28. Secretary Daniels announces the appointment of Captain William Benson to the newly created post of chief of operations of the navy-Benson is now in command of the Philadelphia navy yard. Benson was given a recess appointment by the president subject to the confirmation of the senate at the next session of congress. ZAPATA FORCES ACTIVE AGAINST Carrana Commander is Threatened With Being Isolated bv Villa Army from Base of Supplies at Vera Cruz associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, April 2S Activity-on the part of Zapata forces operating behind the army of Obregon, the Car-runza commander, threatening to isolate him from the base at Vera Cruz, attracted the most attention here in the Mexican situation. Villa has received thousands of rounds of ammunition and has concentrated what his agents here estimate as an army of nearly :;.ri.oon to attack Obregon, and a battle is being expected within a week. Advices to the Villa agency said that 10.000 Zapata troops are advancing to Queretaro. behind Obregon. and that twelve of ibregon's troop trains were derailed by the use of dynamite. While some official reports to the state department said the Zapatistas have been successful in cutting Obregon's communications with Vera Cruz, the extent of the break or of the ability of the Carranza commander to restore the lines was not indicated. The Zapata forces, numbering several thousand, have cut the railway between Celaya. (ibregon's headquarters, and Vera Cruz. An early report to the state department said tljat Duval West. Ihe president's personal representative, and a number of Americans traveling from Mexico City to Vera Cruz, have been delayed en route. Later advices tonight said the train was allowed to proceed, but it is not clear whether this meant the repair of the road or the recognition by the Zapatistas of a special arrangement made for the passage of the train. The Villa agency, claims the Carranza forces have been driven from Guadalajara, while General Chao is said to have reported the capture of Chica near Kbano. where fighting has been continuous for weeks in the Villa movement upon Tampieo. The Carranza transport Oaxaca is said to have been captured in the river near Kbano. Ranchers Armed for Protection DOl'GLAS. April 2S. Travelers arrived from Southern Sonora reported that Maytorena is powerless to cope with the uprising of the Yaqui Indi-(Continued on Page Three) of police would have sent her to the penitentiary for ten years. Next came Mrs. Carroll, who hurst into tears and collapsed as soon as she reached the stand. Afterward she repeated the incident of the rings and bad luck of the black cat told of yesterday by Cecil Lewis. Mrs. Pratt's former chauffeur. Mrs. Carroll said she first met Sebastian when she was arrested with another girl. She said Mrs. Pratt saw Chief Sebastian and later she was released, but the other girl was fined 0. OBREGON S REAR! Parish Case Reaches The Supreme Court On Appeal The appeal of W. A. Farish, former city manager from the decision"" thf superior court, of Maricopa county on a writ of certiorari was filed yesterday in supreme court. Application for a review of the proceedings of the commission prior to the removal of Mr. Farish was .filed with the lower court immediately after that action was taken in March. After the court had dented a motion to quash the writ. Judge Stanford ruled that the commission was acting entirely within AIMED TO HOLD THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TOGETHER Colonel Roosevelt on Seventh Hav's Examination Tells Why He Conferred With Senator Piatt on Many Occasions MAY CONCLUDE HIS TESTIMONY TODAY At Close of Long Examination Former President is Full of Vim and Spirit and Tells the Jury Many Things ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH SYRACUSE. April 28. Theodore Roosevelt, on his seventh clay on the witness stand, amplified the answers he made to questions asked on cross-examination by counsel for William Barnes, plaintiff in the suit for libel against the former president. He told why he conferred with Senator Piatt, while governor, vice president and President, and related how he threatened Piatt just prior to the Philadelphia convention in 1900 that he would fight for the New York gubernatorial re-nomination if the "easy boss" made good his threat to keep him out of the race as a punishment for not accepting the nomination for vice president. The cotunel told these things and many othTs on redirect examination. The minute his cross-examination was ended the colonel sat up alertly in his chair. The solemn expression that enshrouded his features during the last two days of crcMs-examination gave way to a jelly smile. He leaned toward the jury: he squared his jaw; raised his voice, lifted his open hands and brought them down upon his thighs. He pounded with his clenched fist upon his open palm. He used every gesture and every movement at his command to make his words forceful. As he stepped from the witness stand at the end of the day he laughingly said: "I am not tired." Speaking of Piatt, the former president of the I'nited States said he conferred with him on matters legislative, administrative and political because he considered the senator's wide experience valuable and because he realized that the organization controlled in the legislature and that the senator controlled the organization. "I did not want to disrupt the republican party," said the colonel, "as long as 1 did no wrong act in preventing it. Then, too, I wanted to get affirmative action in Albany. I could prevent wrong being done if I broke with them, but I could not get affirmative right done. When there was doubt in my mind I conferred with the senator as the head of the organization while at the same time, primarily, doing what the interest of the state demanded. I found when there was apt to be an issue between me and the state senate it was advisable to t;o where the power lay and not to talk to men who merely carried out the bidding of platt. I consulted Piatt on all important matters that came up." The colonel was asked many question about correspondence which passed between him and Platt. which was read during the cross-examination. He tried to explain to the jury statements made in the correspondence about the franchise tax: about Barren Island: about appointments: about Architect Trowbridge, and the chance he wanted to bid upon government work: about breakfast meetings -with the senator and about disagreement over the renomination of Governor Hughes. He corrected testimony about the campaign fund of 1914: and he claimed as his own campaign speeches in which he said things about Barnes. Tomorrow may be his last day on the stand. His own counsel said tonight they would conclude the redirect examination of their client early in the forenoon session. The ronsensus of opinion among the attorneys seemed to be that the additionalcrews-examination by counsel for Barnes will be brief. At the conclusion of the proceedings Colonel Roosevelt had been in the witness chair for a total of nearly 3R hours. JANE ADDAMS HONORED HAGUE. April 2S. The International Congress of Women unanimously elected Jane Actdams of the American delegation as chairman. Peace resolutions and motions were discussed and adopted. A general resolution adopted declared the women were united in spite of the hatred and bloodshed now filling the world. its powers in removing the manager. Appeal was taken from the court's decision on practically the name ground as from the commission's action, namely that the commission had no right tc remove the manager "for cause'" until "cause" had been defined by the; commission, and that the commission's proceedings were not judicial. Until the calling of the supreme court calendar on May 10, it will not. be known when the case will come before the higher tribunal. r